HCLTech does not have any business in Israel but some software teams are located there.
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“We have about 130 employees in Israel. They are all locals. We don’t do any business in Israel, but we have some software teams that are located there. They are fortunately safe and we are constantly monitoring (the situation),” he said.
Asked about the impact on business, he said: “We have not had any impact (on business) at this point in time.
“I mean, of course, some software development projects which are more internal in nature could get delayed. Other than that, I don’t see any impact,” Vijayakumar said.
India’s second largest IT services company Infosys on Thursday said all its employees in Israel are safe.
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Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Infosys CEO and MD Salil Parekh said employees in Israel are primarily locals but declined to comment on the exact staff strength there. The company had further said it is “saddened” by the situation unfolding in the region. “We have business in Israel in that part of the region and…with what is going on there…we are saddened by it. All of our employees are safe in that business,” the Infosys top honcho had said during the Q2 earnings briefing.
On Wednesday, the country’s largest IT services company TCS said it has 250 staffers in Israel and stressed that the ongoing conflict will not have any major impact on its business..
TCS has said it is in constant touch with all staffers, and at present, the focus is their safety and to look at how they help the communities they live in.
It has initiated business continuity plans wherever necessary to ensure that the customers do not get impacted, TCS Chief Operating Officer N Ganapathy Subramaniam had said, adding that it does not expect any major impact of the war on its business.
